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She won a Bronze medal at World Martial Arts Masterships 2016 which was held at Chenzou, South Korea . She was among the 12 member team who were representing India in the International event. Sushmita Rai had also won the Silver Medal last year in the Asian Kickboxing Championship 2015 which was held in Pune, Maharashtra. Along with Sushmita Rai, another National Kickboxing Champion from Sikkim, Phurba Sherpa had also participated in the event.

In most of the Games in Olympics, if you lose Quarterfinals you cannot win a Bronze Medal. Bronze Medal match always happens between two loser semifinalists. So if person loses in Quarterfinals, he or she can not win any medal and crashes out of Olympics. So how did Sakshi Malik won Bronze Medal even after losing in Quarter-Finals.